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Assume Nothing

The Last Request

Episode 3: The Prodigal Son

Duration: 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Foyle

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Laura McDaid held her ex's hand as he died at the Dignitas Clinic. Seventeen years later, she begins a search to fulfil his last request: to find his birth mother and pass on a message.

As the search intensifies, Laura speaks to a Bessborough survivor who tells her that she suspects records were deliberately falsified at the institution.

As Laura makes contact with a woman she think's could be Martin's mother, a chance phone call could change everything. Show less

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